M 4.9 in United States from 16 Jan 2018 04:41 UTC to 04:41

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1131059
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 1 Km
Lat/Lon: 63.143 , -172.477
Event Date: 16 Jan 2018 04:41 UTC
15 Jan 2018 17:41 Local
Exposed Population: About 700 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Jan 2018 04:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NTWC     0 0
at00p2mt0d Scaled population (vector) 1.9  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 589 | About casualties: 19 | Last hour: 0

زلزال يضرب خليج كاليفورنيا والمكسيكFri, 19 Jan 2018 23:21:00 +0100.

وقع زلزال قوي، الجمعة، في خليج كاليفورنيا هز البنايات ودفع الناس للركض لأماكن مفتوحة في أجزاء من شمال المكسيك، دون ورود تقارير عن وقوع أضرار أو سقوط ضحايا. وقالت هيئة المسح الجيولوجي الأميركية إن قوة الزلزال بلغت 6.3 درجات، بعد أن قدرت قوته
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У берегов Мексики произошло сильное землетрясениеFri, 19 Jan 2018 23:09:00 +0100.

Согласно данным службы, эпицентр землетрясения располагался в 77 км к северо-востоку от города Лорето в штате Нижняя Южная Калифорния. Очаг землетрясения находился на глубине 10 км. Как передает Reuters, мексиканские федеральные службы экст
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Melted nuclear fuel seen inside Fukushima No. 2 reactorFri, 19 Jan 2018 23:07:00 +0100.

The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Friday that a long telescopic probe successfully captured images of what is most likely melted fuel inside one of its three damaged reactors, providing limited but crucial inform
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Frail feline? Doddery dog? Take them to a pet nursing homeFri, 19 Jan 2018 22:37:00 +0100.

Hot springs, meals served in private rooms, therapeutic massages and chauffeur services - this may sound like what's available at a Japanese ryokan (inn). But you would be barking up the wrong tree. It is an example of the care on offer at
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1),